Title
Textile Fragment
Dating
750 to 1258 C.E.
Accession Number
1971.22
Dimensions
101.4 x 45.7 cm (39 15/16 x 18 in.)
Culture
Eran (Abbasid)
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Materials
Silk
Object Type
Textiles
"This fragment preserves three large, aligned, tangent ovals in a column. Each oval contains a senmurv ornamented with foliate and geometric forms; the border contains a stylized foliate motif. Ovals are joined at their cardinal points with a cross-shaped geometric figure within a smaller oval bordered with pearls. Interspaces contain X-shaped medallions consisting of four palmettes around a diamond center.
According to recent analysis of the museum’s Buyid and Abbasid textile materials, some have been identified as modern reproductions."
Image Source
Copyright Status
CC0 1.0, The Cleveland Museum of Art